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Which prefectures in Japan collected good word of mouth for accommodation? Gunma and Kumamoto were among top 10 for four years in a row
According to TrustYou, a word-of mouth analyzer, top 10 prefectures in Japan collecting good word of mouth for accommodations changed after 2020.
A Japanese local experience booking platform develops a joint promotion for bus tour ‘Land Cruise’ in Europe
Veltra, a Japanese local experience booking platform, has started a joint promotion for bus tour ‘Land Cruise’ that is operated by Europemundo Vacations, a JTB Group company.
ANA and JAL saw remarkable recoveries of international flight passengers, particularly on the Hawaii routes, during this year’s Golden Week holiday period
ANA and JAL carried more passengers on both domestic and international routes and considerably improved the load factors during this year’s Golden Week holiday period.
Japan Association of Travel Agents commences half-price support for passport application to boost overseas travel demand
Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) has started a half-price support for acquisition of an passport to boost overseas travel demand in this summer.
Japan Tourism Agency is promoting outbound travel from Japan, together with the travel industry, designating 24 destinations as significant markets
Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) and Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) launched an outbound travel initiative called ‘Now, Overseas Travel!' to recover the outbound travel market, including half-price support for acquisition of a passport by JATA.
Guest nights in March 2023 in Japan continued recovering to just a 3% reduction compared to 2019
The total number of guest nights in March 2023 (provisionally) was up 48.6% year on year to 49.7 million, which were down just 2.8% even compared to March 2019.
Japanese AI-based travel booking startup became bankrupt due to rapid booking reduction during the pandemic
atta, a Japanese AI-based travel booking service startup. became bankrupt with total debts of about 130 million JPY. Up-front investment for the system development weighted the business management.
International travel-tech conference ‘WiT Japan’ will be held face-to-face on July 5 and 6 2023
International travel-tech conference ‘WiT Japan’ will be held face-to-face in Westin Tokyo on July 5 and 6 2023. Early-bird tickets will be available by May 12.
A leading Japanese home electrical appliance retailer launches a travel company specializing in outdoor activities
Ishi Sports, one of Yodobashi Camera group, a leading Japanese home electrical appliance retailer, launched a new travel company specializing in outdoor activities.
Canada Westjet began serving Narita-Calgary flights as its first transpacific route, expecting to attract more Japanese leisure travelers
Westjet of Canada began serving three flights a week between Narita and Calgary on May 1 2023. Travel Alberta has a marketing plan to appeal indigenous tourism as well as World Heritages, nature or foods for Japanese travelers.
Japan’s leading travel company JTB invests to a restaurant booking platform to promote gastronomy tourism
JTB has decided to invest to Tablecross, an operator of one-stop food platform ‘byFood.com' for international travelers to Japan, in order to promote gastronomy tourism.
Japan is the most-searched destination in APAC for this summer on Google Flight
Google unveiled top 10 most-searched destinations departing from Japan and APAC for this summer. The most-searched destination departing from APAC was Japan.
ANA achieved the first full-year profit in the last three fiscal year, expecting to recover international flight demand to 80% by the end of FY2023
ANA achieved achieved the first full-year profit in the last three fiscal year by posting net income of 89.4 billion JPY in FY2022 ended March 31 2023 (143.6 billion JPY in deficit in FY2021).
Japan National Tourism Organization accelerates actions for full- recovery of the inbound travel market
Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) drew up major action plans in FY2023 to boost full-recovery of the inbound travel market, positioning Northern Europe (Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland) as a new focus market.
A Japanese startup regional airline launches a fan community club, for which NFT arts are sold, before starting its service
TOKI AIR, a Nigata Airport-based startup regional airline, has developed ‘TOKI AIR NFT Project’ to launch a fan community ‘CLUB TOKI’ and to sell NFT arts.
Japanese travel fintech service ‘HafH’ founder talks about his ambition to redesign the world with a new business model
Kenji Sunada, founder and CEO of KabuK Style talks about his ambition on fintech-based travel subscription services ‘HafH’ for accommodation and flight. He said, "We are committed to change the world with a new business model.”
EXPO 2025 Osaka Kansai promotes ‘Tourism + EXPO’ to spread its effects nationwide
Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition begins driving ‘Tourism + EXPO’ efforts in earnest to spread effects of the EXPO nationwide. Nobuhiko Hohokabe, Executive Director of Local Community and Tourism Department, talked about ‘Tourism + EXPO.'
HIS, a leading travel company of Japan, still struggle with 70% fewer overseas travel bookings during Golden Week than 2019
HIS has received 20 times more overseas travel bookings during this coming Golden Week holiday period. The most-booked destination is Seoul, followed by Taipei and Honolulu.
Japanese outbound travel market was still inactive with just 690,000 travelers in March 2023
The number of Japanese overseas travelers were 694,300 in March 2023, approximately 150,000 more travelers than the previous month, but still 64% down compared to March 2019.
International arrivals were 1.82 million in March 2023 particularly boosted by U.S. and Australia
The number of international visitors in Japan in March 2023 was record-high1,817,500 since the pandemic. Visitors from U.S. (203,000) and Australia (45,200) exceeded the results in March 2019.
